Columbia Valley

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This wine comes from the Heart of the Hill, a site Kiona planted over time from 2006 to 2014, with only 3.8 acres of Mourvèdre, a variety coveted by the winemaking team at Kiona. With this wine, Tyler Williams has crafted what I believe is the finest Kiona wine I’ve tasted to date; it abounds with freshness, depth and sauvage concentration. There is an feral elegance and intensity on the nose, with wonderful wild herbs, rose petals, and smoked sea salt. The palate is loaded with garrigue and pops of pomegranate and taut early-season blackberry, which front a gamy, almost umami baseline of black olives and charred venison. It’s deliciously complex, ripe and concentrated but with plenty to think about in its smoky, savoury depth. Only 13.5% abv, it shows what’s possible in terms of ripeness without unnecessary overextraction or overripeness.

Mourvèdre

Kiona, Mourvèdre, Heart of the Hill, Columbia Valley, Red Mountain, Washington, USA, 2022

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This wine comes from the Heart of the Hill, a site Kiona planted over time from 2006 to 2014, with only 3.8 acres of Mourvèdre, 

Kiona, Mourvèdre, Heart of the Hill, Red Mountain, Columbia Valley, Washington, USA, 2022

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